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Migrant workers eat from bowls at their dormitories in Shenzhen, China. Based on official statistics, migrant workers in the Pearl River Delta region, comprising nine cities - Guangzhou, Shenzhen Zhuhai, Foshan, Jiangmen, Zhongshan, Dongguan, Huizhou, Zhaoqing - have fallen in number in 2009 by 22.5% to 32.82m. The labor shortages are forcing managements to boost wages and other incentives to attract and retain staff..